Curriculum vitae
Antonio Gotovac
Privileged to work in different industries and gain some pretty wide experience over the course of my 19 years in Marketing & Communications.
Since 2021
FinTech & Banking
Loving the exciting times right now in FinTech, with the rise of Banking-as-a-Service and digital banking solutions for a whole new kind of financial services.
Mbanq provides an ecosystem of both technology solutions and banking services for you to launch FinTech products on the United States market. Find out more at Mbanq.com
2020-2021
E-commerce
What a privilege it was to be working in the e-commerce industry during the pandemic, that saw industry numbers skyrocket.
Work samples from that time include articles such as “Ecommerce in (and after) the Age of Covid – 5 Things Your Business Can Do To Thrive”, and a case study of how a website redesign propelled a furniture retailer to 500% online growth.
2012-2020
Hotels & Travel
The 8 years in this industry shaped me as a professional. First I was part of a Booking.com team in Croatia during the 2 years when that company was experiencing highest growth rates ever. Booking.com’s corporate culture is unmatched when it comes to efficiency and scalability.
I then became Marketing Manager at Bluesun Hotels & Resorts, a hotel chain of as many as 20 hotels dispersed in 8 tourist destinations.
Speaking at the HTI Conference in Rovinj 2017
Directing a photo shoot on Zlatni Rat beach
At the construction site of Hotel Jadran in Tučepi
2002-2015
Sports Journalism
At the age of 17 back in 2002, I started what was to be a fruitful decade in journalism covering Croatian basketball for some reputable websites and magazines.
What job gets a basketball aficionado to watch games from the sidelines, interview an NBA superstar, provide intel to global scouts?
Not only I made a lifetime worth of memories, I learned a ton from my senior colleagues and mastered the online communications game, that would enable me to transition to the next stages of my career.
Future NBA player Dario Šarić back in 2010
NBA player Ronny Turiaf of the Los Angeles Lakers
Special Olympics event at a Euroleague game
Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis
Kosarka.hr staff members at a team building
NBA player Marko Jarić
Work Experience
Mbanq
Since 2021
Building the online presence of a global FinTech brand. One of the most advanced Banking-as-a-Service platforms, innovator of the Credit-Union-as-a-Service
Inchoo
2020 - 2021
Marketing for one of the biggest brands in e-commerce development
Bluesun Hotels & Resorts
2014 - 2020
Marketing Manager for a cluster of 20 hotels located in 8 different tourist destinations
Booking.com
2012 - 2014
Content Editor responsible for hotels from 9 countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Izrael
Current Croatia
2011
Founder and Managing Editor of the only English-language newspaper in Croatia at the time
Cibona Zagreb Basketball Club
2010 - 2011
Euroleague Communications Officer
Croatian Basketball Federation
2007 - 2015
Language editor and journalist at the Hrvatska košarka (Croatian Basketball) monthly magazine
Kosarka.hr/Crobasket.com
2005- 2015
Journalist in Croatian and English languages
Eurobasket.com
2002- 2005
Journalist in English